2012-06-10, 23:32 | Link #261 | |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 66
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2012-06-11, 10:11 | Link #262 | |
Knight Errant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 35
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I don't tell people about my anime hobbies unless I have a good hunch they're also interested, even then I usually let them make the first move. I do drop "hints" though. I might mention something obscure, without specifically mentioning that it's anime. Likewise, I keep an ear out for such hints. There's no reason to exclaim your fandom to every person you meet. Consider some corresponding situations: 1. Do you mention at length your love of extreme sports to someone who gets afraid just climbing a ladder, or riding the "dark rides" at Disney World? 2. Do you talk about the wonders of punk music to someone who clearly is more interested in classical? 3. Do you talk to your potential dates about how you're really into transgender erotica? 4. Do you talk Moé with a guy whose really into Gundam? 5. How do you feel when a Jehova's Witness talks to you about the wonders of god (and you're an atheist)? 6. How do you feel when a guy goes on about the intracacies of Starcraft build orders, when you've already countlessly told him that you only play call of duty? There's a time and place for everything. Talk about your hobbies with people who share your hobbies, or who you may think might be interested. And don't evangelise. Also, Anime does have negative connotations, work with the fact, not against it. If you're a serious fan, don't come right out (for instance, I tend to tell people it's a guilty pleasure, or that most anime is awful, but some is decent). Also, it's perfectly possible to have friends who aren't into anime at all. Cultivate other hobbies. No one likes someone who's slavishly devoted to just one thing. Particularly when that one thing is very foreign to their experience. Basically, it's best to be discrete about such things, use discretion wisely. |
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2012-06-11, 17:27 | Link #264 |
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IT Support
Join Date: May 2012
Location: United Kingdom,Essex
Age: 31
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I agree that it is lonely, a couple of my friends watch Anime but they don't like the type i do, And they don't understand why i watch happy fluffy anime like School Rumble, They just call it molestation anime because the girls look like 10 but there supposedly 17 or 18 in the anime which is kinda true. Especially with Tenma
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2012-06-11, 19:05 | Link #266 |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 66
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I've developed a fairly keen sense of what people I watch anime with might like. All I do is slowly expand the envelope on occasion. The rest I watch on my own time.
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2012-06-11, 21:31 | Link #267 |
Butchered Taste
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: North Carolina
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For me, no it is not lonely. I have a twin brother who watches anime with me always.
I don't understand why people hate on it so much. I watch/read Comics/Manga/Television/Movies/Books/Anime like a maniac. I'm a complete entertainment nerd. I'm usually juggling 15 shows a week(Ones that come on weekly). Half being American television shows, and the other half being anime. Kind of stupid to completely hate on one form of entertainment, since they have their fair share of crap & good stuff. If you do your research you can find something good in any type of fiction. |
2012-06-11, 22:04 | Link #268 |
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: USA
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I usually don't mind rewatching a series with my bro, but I think I like watching something for the first time alone so that I can be completely immersed in the experience rather than any lingering social aspect.
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2012-06-11, 23:20 | Link #269 | |
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Join Date: Feb 2008
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My high school was comprised of mostly asians, who would talk about anime casually. Took me a good 2 years to openly admit I watched anime. It wasn't too bad, I made some really good friends. It helped me fit in with groups that I felt like I didn't belong before. While we don't watch animes together, my friends do text me to talk about anime. =D High school taught me a lot to be more open to people. And as fate would have it, during my first year of university, my roommate was like Egyptian or something, but he was so immersed in asian culture. He absolutely loved k-dramas, anime, and manga. I don't think I would have said anything about my own interests, if it weren't for my high school. |
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2012-06-12, 02:56 | Link #270 |
Pretentious moe scholar
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Age: 37
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I haven't had issues with over energetic or hyper focused fans and the like, to be honest. My thoughts:
1) The first anime club I joined was more of a "geeks club" that happened to do anime screenings, and I wasn't even an anime fan yet when I joined. 2) Our screenings director when I first joined did an amazing job coming up with interesting and diverse schedules. Very much a curated experience, and not generally well known shows either. I suspect this may have helped unify what would have otherwise been a fractured community. Though of course we did do parties, dinners, etc. and not just screenings. 3) I didn't try and be friends with everybody. I became friends with specific people. And to be honest none of my close friends from the club were people I meet the first year. They joined later. 4) The other group I'm part of is more of a casual meeting group with a mostly adult membership. 5) Some anime events I've attended have honestly been pretty terrible. Just not all of them. 6) My main hobby at cons is cosplay photography. There's a decent community of cosplayers for the kind of shows I like in Vancouver, even if they're a minority of con-goers. Once again, I'm hardly trying to be friends with everyone - just specific people.
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2012-07-31, 18:29 | Link #271 |
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Join Date: Jul 2012
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I used to watch anime with my brother and my mom, especially watching Bakuman, but some things have changed when we started moving and I been watching anime by myself. I don't usually talk about anime or manga with anyone because I feel uneasy discussing with others.
I don't have any friends and it is really hard to talk to anyone about anime because I am shy and I don't know how others would react and I fear that people would dislike me. I can understand how other anime fans feel about this discussion, and by joining Animesuki, I know that I am not alone because I can express my thoughts and feelings about anime without being criticized for what I enjoy. I am sorry for this long post but I have been wanting to discuss this for a very long time, even though I have just recently posted on the forums. |
2012-07-31, 19:01 | Link #272 | |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 66
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2012-07-31, 19:52 | Link #273 |
вelιnda
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: earth
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This hobby could get pretty lonely. Well that's for me. Almost all of my friends hares anime. The only friend I have that loves anime is a witch. Well there is this one family memeber I have that adores anime, but we live far away and she doesn't have a cell phone. Since I'm all alone watching this stuff, my father says I'm depressed and this how I can deal with it!!! But I'm not depressed!!!!!
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2012-08-02, 11:00 | Link #275 |
Formerly -> CMHerrera
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Around
Age: 30
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Well mostly all of my friends the one I hanged out with loved Anime and were just as geeky as I was about it, now family well they have a interest in it, my sister watches a few, my mom likes the art at times, I caught my two aunts reading some manga XD The only one that might not understand is my dad. Two of my cousin's like anime/manga.
But I can see why it could be called a 'Lonely' hobby, but when your reading or watching this stuff your not really feeling "lonely" Your laughing or crying while watching this and some times your screaming at the character or your squealing, or drooling for some xD
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2012-08-05, 12:59 | Link #276 | |
Love Yourself
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Northeast USA
Age: 38
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There are some series where I'm not sure that it made a difference between watching it alone vs. together. Those are usually the types of series where they're enjoyable to watch, but don't necessarily connect with me on a deeper level. Then there are some series where watching together (instead of alone) somewhat dulls the sensation. It's as if I can't really get absorbed into what's going on because watching it with someone else keeps me from getting lost in the series and in myself. These types of series tend to be the "guilty pleasure" types of series, and series that contain events and subject matter that would normally give me things to think about. There's no way to really know ahead of time if the series will be one that I would enjoy more on my own, in part because how deeply the series connects with me depends on events going on in my own life. If the series can mirror my current life issues or events in some way, then there would be a connection. It's hard to say which way I prefer. There have been some series where I wished that I could have watched it alone, but there are plenty where I was happy to have shared the experience with someone. I've probably experienced more of the latter than the former. Being something of a niche hobby, it's bound to be a bit more lonely than something more popular. That doesn't make it a lonely hobby by default, though.
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2012-08-07, 14:14 | Link #279 |
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Join Date: Nov 2011
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All I can say that if you don't feel loneliness and you're enjoying yourself as time goes by, then it's simple - it's not a "lonely hobby" even if it's just you.
Besides, if there isn't anyone around to talk about it with, that's what you have the internet for! |
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